Reading Consumes Me

[f-ing-another-account]

Ok, the entire serial killer thing aside, Alastor would be an amazing Lavender Husband.

Lavender Marriages were marriages of convenience between a man and a woman to conceal the socially stigmatized sexual orientation of one or both partners.

Just, think about it. As a woman in the early 20th century in the United States you'd have close to zero freedom. Barely with a right to vote, women still couldn't live independently.

Now, while married to Alastor you'd have guaranteed freedom from any form of unwanted martial sexual activities. No unwanted touches either!

Alastor holds deep admiration, and respect for women (due to his mother) and has always preferred feminine company. This guy would actually be interested in what you have to say! Your opinions, beliefs, dreams - all of those are valid and he's unironically listening to them.

Thanks to his mother, he'd never make you beg for money in times when you can't even open your own bank account. He'd also support you in your own employment. If the workplace requires your husband's permission he'd just sign it and move on with his day.

Don't even get me started on entertainment with this guy! He plays the piano, he's a good dancer, he's charming and charismatic enough to work as a radio host. You'd never be bored with him! Even if you're more of an indoors, bookish person he would just leave you to it. He's completely capable of having his separate life and you never have to worry about him cheating on you.

Bedsides, if anyone wrongs you you do know they won't go unpunished...

While he might not give you complete freedom when it comes to decorating your house, you can live sound and be sure that he'd never hit you no matter how drunk he'd be.

Like, considering times, especially if you are a PoC - he's a jackpot!

[keksthecrunchy]

So if Pentious is covered in eyes, because of his sin, if Alastor is a deer because he was mistaken for one when he died and Vox is a TV because that's how he died... what's the lore on Husk. Tell me. Either if there's some explanation from Vivienne from her earlier stuff or you just have a theory... tell me what happend that made Husk a cat with wings in Hell.

[ficmylife4]

I thought less about how he died and instead how gambling probably underscored his sins, maybe stealing or cheating or taking advantage of people to feed the addiction. Maybe mob involvement if he ran a casino in Vegas some decades ago. And now his Hell body has so many tells it has to be to ruin the strength of his stoic poker-face. The tiniest twitch of Husker's eyebrow would have that long feathered thing fluttering about very obviously, for example, and I bet his tail moves a lot, hair raises over his hackles, claws unsheathe, purrs, giant wings mantle or shuffle feathers, etc, lots of animal instinct giveaways he can't control easily.

OTOH I've heard Husk was a bitter older man when he died, and I like the theory being a cat now when cats have nine lives and he'd wanted to die earlier and brushed death many times when alive was mocking that, and wings if his death involved falling.

[planetary-00]

He is so Sabrina coded actually

[keksthecrunchy]

SO WE'RE DOING THIS HUH

the maddest duo of them all

they are too perfect for Hell

Baxter fangirling so hard he forgot to do his job

this

and this

AND THIS

I REST MY CASE.

[ficmylife4]

Baxter did not get enough screentime to be sure where he's going, but I like the friendship, and we were all cheering Nifty on as she let loose on Velvette.

[crooked-wasteland]

Easy could’ve been a fun song if it didn’t have awful timing or it was put in the beginning of the season like in episode 1, especially since the lyrics are how they can do anything as long as they have eachother. Charlie crying and breaking down about her mommy issues when vox is ready to go to war with heaven, carmilla is building a weapon for vox, Charlie just cut ties with her dad, only for her girlfriend to tell her to shut up and scissor they’re problems away isn’t the emotional/romantic payoff or a gotcha the writers think it is. Also don’t like how the VA for Charlie said the song should put away all doubt that Charlie and Vaggie have a sex life

You right. If the song had a better segue and it was used as an establishing number leading into their relationship deteriorating instead of the really weird ass makeup song, it could have worked a lot better.

I still hate every song Vaggie sings because the voice is just not her voice, but the performance in a bubble isn't heinous (when they mix it properly). She's an excellent singer. Too bad they made her modal voice so low. That was so unnecessary. It doesn't even add anything to her character and serves to make the songs feel less like a musical.

Excellently worded ask btw. I feel like you made my point better than I did.

[ficmylife4]

The animation of the dancing in Easy was amazing, and by itself as a music video it was a better song. I watched the show and got the context later, and yeah, it's weaker where it's placed in the episodes. Agree with crooked-wasteland that it's poor timing plotwise in the season, and it would've been better as an establishing number before the relationship rough patch and it's mostly a celebration of them being together.

Charlie is naturally an anxious person who overthinks, they wouldn't have had to change much to have this song very early. It would have fit her character to be worried or spiral about smaller issues with the overpopulated hotel and Charlie being lauded for violence she hates, and Vaggie thinks distracting her is a good idea, don't sweat the small stuff and I'm here for you. As a song to have the couple make up it's actually unhealthy for Vaggie to downplay Charlie's worries and skip actually addressing their argument; sex doesn't fix things. Boundaries, Charlie, where do you find the line between Vaggie taking initiative to solve problems (like she does as manager of the hotel) is a good thing vs when you're angry Vaggie didn't ask you before acting - and Vaggie wanting to keep Charlie from worrying so don't tell her has its own line when it's alright or wrong. Charlie unfortunately is more 'apologize so we stop fighting' instead of 'apologize and accept the mistake to avoid it in future', which is not effective for her counselling goals either.

[imineffible]

Alastor textposts pt 30

Pt 1 | Pt 2 | Pt 3 | Pt 4 | Pt 5 | Pt 6 | Pt 7 | Pt 8 | Pt 9 | Pt 10 | Pt 11 | Pt 12 | Pt 13 | Pt 14 | Pt 15 | Pt 16 | Pt 17 | Pt 18 | Pt 19 | Pt 20 | Pt 21 | Pt 22 | Pt 23 | Pt 24 | Pt 25 | Pt 26 | Pt 27 | Pt 28 | Pt 29

[daemon-arts]

A bit late, but finally done <3

[ficmylife4]

I've never been in a fandom before with such an acknowledged ace character. Happens to be June and I've loved Pride Month while I'm finding so many fics and comments from fellow asexuals talking about their experiences and how Alastor could be the same or why details could be different and the spectrum. Happy Pride Month!

[lace-hazbin]

I had to draw their human forms too at some point (I keep giving them such a height difference on accident…)

Also editing this to clarify, Alastor wouldn’t give Vox shit for being mixed, since he’s in the same boat, but he would think Vox is an absolute loser for performing whiteness for years and years without ever acknowledging his Asian heritage. Like Oh, it was the lie of the “American Dream” you were chasing all along! No wonder nothing was ever enough—no matter what you do, you’ll never fit, will you? a la his “You were broken from the start, no victory will ever be enough” from “When I Think About the Future”!

[giulia-lo-art]

A little comfort

[ficmylife4]

Amazing, with so much detail, and I'm sorry but is Alastor teasing that he's drinking blood collected from Vox? Vox might be into that! But I love the snarky friendship.

[yellowfoot-06]

Hrrrrrrr thinking about the Wasian Vox headcanon which is very VERY unintentional.

This headcanon has the sweetspot of ‘Omg giving blorbo the same traits as me!!’ but ALSO it just adds to his themes. Its a headcanon that doesn’t clash or even just neutral, but expands him.

Vox’s ENTIRE schick is that he copies people higher up the totem pole. He copies the news anchor, the late-night talk show host, the producers, the king of Hell, and tries to make himself God. Who has the highest ‘natural born’ privilege? A rich cishet white man.

Just the way Asians (At least East and Southeast, no idea about South and West) always try to copy Westerners, white people, try to be the ‘model minority’ compared to those ‘’’’’disgusting’’’’ black people. Fucking Vincent Whittman. Because of Hazbin’s humor its just a joke but if this was a more serious show that kind of obviousness would hint at something!

The writers of Hazbin tried so hard to write ‘Privledged white man’ they accidentally went ‘Asian pretending to be white’

[ficmylife4]

Lol reminds me of writers trying so hard to write Heterosexual Machismo they accidentally end up with Closeted Gay/Bi Man Performing Masculinity. I don't share the Wasian Vincent headcanon, the cult/movement is a little too unusual for someone performing to a script to appear successful white, but I appreciate the idea.

[whyischrishere]

The animation of VOX POPULI has me in a chokehold.

Vox is animated so smoothly and the sheer amount of expressiveness in this song alone has such a grip on me.

So many fun poses too. Everything about VOX POPULI from the song itself to the insane animation quality, Vox’s amplified expressiveness, even his personality showcasing the extent of his ability to be extremely charming/ cunning. What a perfect song.

I could go on and on about every aspect of this song but I’m currently geeking over how stylized and expressive he is as well as how smooth and fun the animation is in the music video. So gorgeous. Big kudos to the animators.

[woodensteaky]

One headcanon that I have! Since Lucifer said "he can't do anything with Sinners", what if he can't help them as well? What if he tried to heal Alastor but failed 🤔

[ficmylife4]

That's what I was thinking! No influencing sinners, so what if they made it so he can't use either the carrot or the stick. The angels handicapped him so Lucifer can't effect sinners such as trying to enforce rules in society there that would make Hell better, either by force or by bribing them with benefits from his powers.

Part of his punishment is Lucifer has got to live with the choices humans make with free will because of him, and they stuck him with those who'd made harmful choices and would likely continue to be the worst in the pit they're all trapped in with other exploitive or violent or selfish sinners. Heaven wanted Lucifer to regret and feel guilty for what he did, so he's not allowed to see good from it. Even as King he can't try to make it more appealing for sinners to make better choices with rewards.

It might even be a loophole that Charlie is hellborn that Lucifer could build the hotel after season one, but he couldn't have made homes or shelters for sinners directly... It doesn't harm sinners if Lucifer creates walls or shields between himself and them, but if those are something they could use later, maybe he should have just made an inconveniently giant statue of himself as king to take up the full stage Vox was standing on to mess up his performance at the rally.

[adoreeed]

I have a lot to say about radiostatic but I don't actually watch watch the show (I keep up to date through the fandom and wikis) so I don't want to say something stupid or incorrect.

[ficmylife4]

Vox is entertainingly passionate in his songs and there are so many places where he struggles - loses a verbal battle or gets interrupted or has to appeal to others more as an equal than a powerhouse, that it's endearing or exciting to watch him reaching for a win. Watching the show only after viewing the full soundtrack, there are some dark, flatly cruel moments or Vox liking to punch down that didn't quite fit how I saw the character before then.

Even the showbiz use-people-up part of Hazbin Guarantee (Trust Us), the former star was just kicked out at the end and the Vees seemed there with her at the growth and excitement of the rise first. It had a different flavor than when Vox grabbed the sex worker abusive Valentino brought to a meeting and pettily threw her to a bloody death for his shark while annoyed at Valentino, who got petulant and called her an 'it'. Even his intro, hypnotism to zombified consumers and the bloated number of seasons of "Yeah, I F#k'ed Your Sister, So What?" clashed with my headcanon that Vox was a perfectionist who took pride in having the best product but had some materialistic taste, not that he doesn't care about churning out trash if he can trick money out of it.

[darkfoxkirin]

CATHARSIS BITCH!! Yeah no, I had to draw Lucifer fucking Vox up. It was like a physical need.

[ficmylife4]

I liked the show better before I watched the show.

[kanarisfish]

for a collaboration

[rat-rambles]

I want to point out that it isn't only that pentious sacrificed himself that made him redeemed. It's that he chose to.fight instead of run in the first place. It's the fact he got brave enough to almost ask out the girl he likes. It's the fact that he faced up to his mistakes and apologized instead of running away agin. It's that he chose to be partners with Baxster instead of being a lone hermit. It's the fact that his whole mentality about life had changed radically amd completely.

[ficmylife4]

I'd even say that Sir Pentious building the zeppelin and trying to make himself a big player, an active and grandiloquent threat, was him rejecting the passive, weak person he felt so guilty to be in life. It's Hell, so no one thinks there's any point to try for a 'better' version of themselves, but they can be 'different'. Which is maybe a foot in the door.